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The Riskiest Ninety Days Come Before ADHD Treatment Even Starts

A study in BMJ Mental Health covering more than 461,000 people, reported by The Pharmaceutical Journal on October 27, 2026, found ADHD medication was not associated with increased self-harm risk — risk was highest in the 90 days before treatment began and fell after it started.

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ADHD medication not associated with raised self-harm risk, study concludes — The Pharmaceutical Journal, October 27, 2026, reporting BMJ Mental Health

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Overdose Calls Are Falling — and Naloxone Alone May Not Explain It

A research letter in JAMA, reported by HealthDay via Drugs.com on October 26, 2026, found EMS-documented nonfatal overdoses and naloxone administrations both fell sharply after May 2023 across 5,324 EMS agencies — complicating the popular explanation that wider naloxone use alone drove the national overdose decline.

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Nonfatal OD Activations, Naloxone Administration Dropped After May 2023 — Drugs.com MedNews, October 26, 2026, reporting HealthDay on a JAMA research letter

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The Childhood Factor: How Home Life Shapes Mental Health Risk for Kids of Bipolar Parents

A Concordia University study finds that a less-structured childhood home predicted a stronger stress-hormone response and more depression and anxiety in young adults raised by a parent with bipolar disorder, and the research team is launching a prevention trial called RUSH to test whether calmer, more predictable home environments can reduce that risk.

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Childhood environment may shape long-term mental health risk in children of parents with bipolar disorder — Concordia University, October 20, 2026

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A Three Hundred Seventeen Percent Surge: Young Men Are Calling Ontario's Gambling Helpline

A study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal and reported October 27, 2026 found gambling-related helpline contacts from Ontario males aged 15 to 24 rose 317 percent across the era of online gambling expansion, with sharp increases after the 2022 private iGaming market launch.

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Young Men's Gambling Hotline Sees 317% Jump in Calls — Casino.org reporting, October 27, 2026, on a Canadian Medical Association Journal study

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Opioid Deaths Fall for a Third Straight Year in Minnesota — and Stimulant Deaths Are Climbing

Minnesota Department of Health data released October 27, 2026 show opioid-involved deaths fell for a third straight year, from 1,039 in 2022 to 671 in 2025, while stimulant-involved deaths pushed total drug deaths up 3 percent.

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Minnesota sees a decrease in opioid overdose deaths over the past three years — Minnesota Department of Health news release, October 27, 2026, via EIN Presswire

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'Never Too Late to Start Over': Ronnie Ortiz-Magro on Four Months Sober

Jersey Shore star Ronnie Ortiz-Magro announced on Instagram on October 27, 2026 that he has been sober from drugs and alcohol for four months, crediting medically supervised ibogaine treatment in Mexico — a claim Recovery News reports with the evidence and safety caveats attached.

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'Jersey Shore' Star Ronnie Ortiz-Magro Reveals He's Been Sober from Drugs & Alcohol for 4 Months — The Ashley's Reality Roundup, October 27, 2026, reporting his Instagram announcement

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Three Years Sober, Telling the Whole Truth: Sober Emily on What Alcohol Took

Sober Emily, 27 and three years sober, describes in unsparing detail what alcohol use disorder did to her daily life — and why telling the whole truth is now her way of helping others.

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Woman Looks Back On Her Alcoholic Years, Revealing The Disturbing Habits She Once Considered Normal — Bored Panda, October 23, 2026

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Staying on the Medicine: The Schizophrenia Combination People Stick With Longer

Claims analyses presented at AMCP Nexus 2026 and reported by AJMC on October 27 found patients with schizophrenia stayed on olanzapine/samidorphan far longer, adhered better, and were hospitalized less than patients on olanzapine alone or other oral antipsychotics.

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Olanzapine/Samidorphan Tied to Longer Persistence in Schizophrenia — AJMC, October 27, 2026, reporting AMCP Nexus 2026 poster analyses

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The First Ninety Days: A New Scorecard for Opioid Treatment

RTI International researchers have built a quality measure that tracks emergency visits and hospitalizations in the first 90 days after people start opioid treatment — and the typical program's rate is 5 percent.

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RTI Researchers Introduce New Measure to Track Adverse Events Among Patients Starting Care at Opioid Treatment Programs — RTI International via PR Newswire, October 26, 2026

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The Second Year Can Be Worse: Bury Hospice Builds Grief Support That Stays

Bury Hospice's bereavement services — counselling, support groups, a walking group, and a creative group for grieving children — are built around an honest truth: the second year of grief can be worse than the first.

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Bury Hospice offering bereavement and wellbeing services — Bury Times, October 22, 2026

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